Clothes-pounder



(No Model.)

' F. P. MIGHELL.

CLOTHES POUNDER. No. 449,555.

Patented Mar. 31., 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN P. MIGHELL, OF SUGAR GROVE, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,555, dated March31, 1891.

Application filed December 18, 1890- Serial No. 375,127- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN P. MIGHELL, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Sugar Grove, in the county of Kane and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Iounders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes-pounders; and itconsists in the construction and combination of the part-s,as will behereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, FigureI is a ver tical sectional view of a clothes-pounderconstructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is abottom View.

A refers to a truncated cone, which is provided at a suitable distanceabove its base with a transverse partition a, from which depend a seriesof vertical partition-plates b, which are also secured to the sides ofthe cone. Through the center of the cone A extends a tube B, which at asuitable distance below its upper end is provided with perforations c,said perfo rationsbein g located above the upper end of the cone.

0 refers to a cap or cylinder having a suitable coverand meansforconnecting the same to the upper end of the tube B. The lower edge ofthis cap is provided with openings (Z.

The handle or stick by which the clothespounder is operated is forcedinto the upper end of the tube B, but not to the extent to extend belowthe perforations or or a large portionof that confined will pass up thetube B through the perforationsc and out of the openings cZ, carryingwith itat the same time a certain amount of water, which will beagitated to rapidly form suds. The inolosed air-chamber E will givebuoyancy to the pou nder.

Having thus described my invention, I clain In a clothes-pounder, thecombination of an outer frustum-shaped shell A, having secured to itsupper end a tube B, with perforations 0, vertical walls I), secured tothe lower portion of the shell, to the central tube, and to a transversewall or within the shell, so as to.

form a dead-air space E, a cap secured to the shell A and providedadjacent to said shell with perforations d, a cover for the cap 0,secured to said cap and to the upperend of the tube B, substantially asshown, whereby an air-passage is provided through the tube 13 and cap 0for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN P. MIGIIELL.

\Vitnesses:

PERRY WILDEE, ALBERT MIGHELL.

